Why is ramona proud of the way she handles yard ape?
a.
she avoids letting him get her in trouble with mrs. whaley.
b.
she does not hit him and is kind enough to lend him a pencil.
c.
she avoids letting him trip her as she walks down the aisle.
d.
she does not let him upset her and is able to get her eraser back.

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?